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Glauce pectenalaeella

Glauce pectenalaeella

Field notes

Glauce is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Glauce pectenalaeella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

The ground color is pale yellowish, almost entirely obscured by dense fuscous dusting and fuscous spots. The apex of the forewings is more deeply fuscous.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided